[Commons-Law] Demonstrations Against EU Software Patents

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On Wednesday August 27th, there will be a demonstration at the European
Parliament in Brussels against the proposed directive on software
patents, organised by the FFII. As an additional (or alternative)
action, people are encouraged to participate in an online demonstration
that day, replacing the main page of their website with a text
explaining the dangers of introducing unlimited patentability in Europe.
The proposed directive would make it impossible to refuse patents on
algorithms and business methods such as a recently uncovered European
patent from Amazon on ordering a gift for and automatically delivering
it to a third party, which is even broader than its infamous 1-Click
patent.

Relevant URLs
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http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/08/26/0147202.shtml?tid=155&tid=185&tid=99

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/08/20/1244241.shtml?tid=155

http://swpat.ffii.org/group/demo/index.en.html